solid-state physics

solid-state physics

n.

The branch of condensed matter physics that deals with the physical properties of solids, especially the electromagnetic, thermodynamic, and structural properties of crystalline solids, such as semiconductors.

solid-state physics

n

(General Physics) (functioning as singular) the branch of physics concerned with experimental and theoretical investigations of the properties of solids, such as superconductivity, photoconductivity, and ferromagnetism

solid-state physics

The branch of physics that specializes in the study of solids, especially in the electric and magnetic properties of solid crystalline materials, such as semiconductors.

solid-state physics - the branch of physics that studies the properties of materials in the solid state: electrical conduction in crystals of semiconductors and metals; superconductivity; photoconductivity

The proposal builds on the enormous recent success in quantum control of the motion of solid-state mechanical resonators, which has emerged over the last decade as a new branch of interdisciplinary research in quantum and solid-state physics.

Prof Ludger Wirtz, head of the Theoretical Solid-State Physics group at the University of Luxembourg, added that artificial graphene opens the door to a wide variety of materials with variable nano-geometry and 'tunable' properties.

His work on the photoelectric effect, for which he was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize in physics, led to vacuum-tube technology and, ultimately, solid-state physics, which is the basis of contemporary electronic devices.

He takes examples from the contemporary energy arena to teach modern and solid-state physics to students with elementary college physics and related college-level mathematics, chemistry, and computer science.

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